Spirit, Mind and Body

In this space you can explore your inner-most feelings and thoughts through your senses, using music, videos, books, and insense. We will also look at alternative ways to assist modern medicine, which includes healing our Spirit, Mind and Body.

Monika Trabucci MCMA Ass. Dip. Clinical Herbalist

I have studied with the College of Phytotherapy (Herbal Medicine) in Hailsham, E. Sussex for 4 years. Subjects studied included Anatomy and Physiology, Clinical diagnosis, Pathology, Materia Medica, Biochemistry, Nutrition, Medicine, Differential diagnosis, Psychiatry, Medical Laboratory Science, Botany, Dermatology, Gynaecology and Pharmacology with examinations passed on each subject. Additionally i had 150 hours of clinical training at the clinic of Phytotherapy in London.

Herbal medicine is the oldest and most natural form of medicine and has been practised by man for the past 2500 years in every country in the world and includes famous practioners like Hippocrates and Dioscorides.

Everbody was in tune with nature and used the best part of a plant to treat a great many diseases themselves, as knowledge was handed down from grandmother to mother to daugther to treat their own families. The right herbs are growing all around us. But people also had a more basic diet, fresh air and exercise. All these things are very important in maintaining all round health.

In this day and age a lot of knowledge of how to look after your body in a holistic way has been lost.

Adding preservatives, additives, colour and artificial sweetners puts a great strain on the body as it is unable to utilise these chemicals and ultimately it is unable to excrete all the poisons, overloading the body with these toxins and creating a state of imbalance leading to disease states.

This takes the person to the doctor, who prescribes some more chemicals, further upsetting the balance within the body.

The only way in which to address this chronic condition is by looking at the person as a whole and finding the root cause of the problem and using herbs to finely re-tune the body back to best possible health.

Herbal remedies consist of the leaf, the flowers, fruit, seeds, roots or bark of a plant. Herbs are naturally balanced in their contents of a wide variety of vitamins, minerals and phyto-chemicals.

Herbal remedies may be antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal or anti-microbial.
The taste may be bitter, thus stimulating the digestion, sweet as liquorice, acting on the adrenal glands, mucilagilnous to soothe an irritated mucas membrane or contain tannis to astringe and heal, they may have hormonal action, useful during the time of the menopause or if suffering from PMT or delayed menstration if this is not due to pregnancy.

The remedies may be taken in either tea- or tincture form, applied as a cream or poultice.

What happens in a consultation ?

A first consultation will last 1 hour and the follow- up consultation 1/2 hour.

The Herbalist will take your name, address, date of birth, marital status and profession.

Enquiries about the current problem the patient is seeking help with.
He/ She will explore the extent of the problem by asking varies questions related e.g first onset of symptoms, what makes it better/ worse, how long does it last, amount of pain etc.

The next step will be to trace the health of the patient from childhood onwards, childhood diseases, inoculations, accidents, broken bones, operations, foreign travel, stress at work or in the home, allergies, to certain things e.g smoke, dairy, pollen, house dust mites, chemicals.

The diet will be carefully noted.

The various questions will be asked about perscription drugs being taken and natural supplements.

Quality of sleep is enquired about.

Questions about the health of the rest of the body with heart and circulation, lungs, digestive tract, urinary tract, reproductive organs and menstual cycle are asked.
Blood Pressure and pulse are taken and if necessary the chest listened to.
We will then work out a treatment plan together as this is a two- way interaction.
A change in diet, lifestyle or exercise may be recommended or other helpful hints given as appropriate.

Every body is unique and therfore must be treated as such.

For people with serious medical conditions, herbal treatment can support the treatment by the doctor, but must be used in conjunction with a qualified Herbal Practitioner and should not be self- medicating.

Most herbal remedies are quite safe, but there are some that are very potent and could potentially be harmfull.

A perscription usually consists of a tincture made of a variety of herbs and a standard dose is 5 ml three times daily in water. Where appropriate the alcoholic tincture is substituted by a herbal tea taken one cup three times daily.

Conditions we can help you with

High blood pressure, angina, water retention, varicose veins, arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, anaemia, headaches, irritable bowel disease, constipation, diverticulosis, diverticulitis, indigestion, liver and gall bladder problems, painfull periods, heavy periods, PMT, menpausal symptoms, cystitis, thrush, enlarged prostate gland, bed- wetting, ME, rheumatoid and osteo-arthritis, gout, sprains, strains, colds and flu.
Allergies, asthma, hayfever, eczema, psoriasis, urticaria, athlete's foot, candida.
Nervous disorders: stress, anxiety, insomnia, depression.

There are also herbs to increase/ decrease mothers milk production.

Herbal Remedies are gentle enough to be given to babies and very ill debilitated people.

Herbal advice is free of charge and may be addressed to me at:
25 Linden Road,
Gillingham,
Kent,
ME7 2PQ

Telephone: 01634 579219

Email: mktrabucchi@hotmail.com

Mail order enquiries welcome:
Prices: Teas 25g £1.00 + p+p
Tinctures 100ml £4.00 + p+p
Creams 30g £2.50 + p+p
60g £4.50 + p+p